Research and Reports

How soon is now? The disruption and evolution of logistics and industrial property

This wide-ranging report describes rail infrastructure investment as “sorely needed”. It also points out that whereas the costs for moving freight by rail “are competitive over longer distances where they begin or end at a rail terminal” they are higher than ‘pure’ road freight “if goods have to be transported by road to the rail terminal at one, or both, ends of the journey.” By distance, rail accounts for around 12% of freight, it reports, and says “many consider it unlikely that rail will be able to present a simpler and cheaper option than delivering by road for distances of less than 100 miles.” To download this report visit: https://www.addleshawgoddard.com/en/insights/insights-briefings/2016/general/report-how-soon-is-now-the-disruption-and-evolution-of-logistics-and-industrial-property/